NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF
Book ID/图书代码： 06580008B20613
English Summary/英文概要： ’I don’t believe in God, but I miss Him.’ Julian Barnes’ new book is, among many things, a family memoir, an exchange with his brother (a philosopher), a meditation on mortality and the fear of death, a celebration of art, an argument with and about God, and a homage to the French writer Jules Renard. Though he warns us that ’this is not my autobiography’, the result is a tour of the mind of one of our most brilliant writers.
When Angela Carter reviewed Barnes’ first novel, "Metroland", she praised the mature way he wrote about death. Now, nearly thirty years later, he returns to the subject in a wise , funny and constantly surprising book, which defies category and classification - except as Barnesian.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 新書的一開始，就出現了這句詼諧機智的話語。作者幽默地談論許多議題包括對神、對死亡的看法；家庭的記憶；以及對法國作者Jules Renard的崇敬。
雖然他本人宣稱這並非他的自傳，但內容顯露許多他的思想、寫作與生活方式。(Vicky)
Awards/获奖情况："[Nothing to Be Frightened Of] call[s] to mind Woody Allen...Touching–and very funny."---Amy Finch, Providence Phoenix
"Just try to put this memoir down...A dazzling blend of wry humor, keen philosophy and perceptive observations as Barnes ruminates about the inevitability of death and what it all means."---Verna Noel Jones, Rocky Mountain News
"Brilliantly written and also funny...the book is cunningly composed, in fact held together in a rather Proustian fashion...Barnes has an extremely lively mind, and a distinctive voice, which gives a certain welcome jauntiness or gaiety to his darker musings."---Frank Kermode, The New York Review of Books
"Barbarously intelligent [and] a rare thing in literature...marvelously engaging, even uplifting...Briskly, rigorously, this unusual book gives us something to think about until that nothingness comes knocking."---John Freeman, NPR
"A delicious mix of personal reminiscence, family history, literary criticism, and philosophical speculation."---Frank Wilson, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Strange and marvelous...Despite[its] mordant wit, erudition, and typically British understatement, the fear and trembling at its heart are always palpable...It is so good–an item of high literary quality and, paradoxically, great good humor."---Dan Menaker, Barnes & Noble Review
"Surprisingly jocular–although also dead earnest...highly literary, thoughtful but playful."---Heller McAlpin, San Francisco Chronicle
About the Author/作者介绍： Julian Patrick Barnes (born January 19, 1946 in Leicester, England) is a contemporary English writer. He has been shortlisted three times for the Man Booker Prize (Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005)). He has written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh. He lives in London, England.
Julian Barnes has long been recognised as one of Britain’s most remarkable writers. While those already familiar with his work will enjoy its elegance, its wit, its profound wisdom about the human condition, "Arthur & George" will surely find him an entirely new audience.
朱利安．巴恩斯是英國文壇中生代巨頭之一。作品屢次獲獎。第一部作品Metroland即獲得「毛姆小說獎」（Somerset Maugham Award）。三次獲布克獎提名分別是Flaubert’s Parrot (1984)、England, England (1998)與 Arthur & George (2005)。Talking it Over還曾獲得法國費米娜文學獎（Prix Femina）。朱利安擅長以幽默詼諧的手法將單純的故事帶入諷喻。朱利安‧巴恩斯亦以Dan Kavanagh的筆名寫了數本偵探小說。
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